About block 973,177
Bitcoin block 973,177 was mined by F2Pool on October 26, 2026 at 3:34 AM UTC, 59 seconds after block 973,176. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,619 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0021 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1271 BTC for this block.
Block 973,177 is number 1,466 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 550 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,823 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 365 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.